Broom.



H. G. HUMAN.

BROOM.

APPLlCATiON man JUNE 20, 1913.

Patented May 21 E918.

HARRY G. I-IOIVIAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BROOM.

Application filed June 20, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY G. HOMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inBrooms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brooms and has for its object to provide a new and improved device of this description. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view of a broom embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4: is a sectional view taken on line 4e- 1 of Fig. 2.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

Referring now to the drawing, I have shown a broom having a flexible portion 1 made up of any suitable material and a frame portion with which the flexible portion is connected. This frame portion is preferably made from metal and consists of two pieces, a hollow box-like piece 2 forming as it were an open bottom casing and a separate closing piece 3. The piece 2, if made of metal, is preferably formed from a continuous piece and has its ends 1 inclined as shown. The closing piece 3 is also made of a single piece and has its ends arranged so that when placed in position they may be bent so as to grasp the inclined ends 4; to clamp the parts 2 and 3 together. The part 2 has a series of holes 5 made in the top thereof and the part 3 has a series of holes 6 in the bottom thereof. The flexible material 1 may be attached to the frame piece in any desired manner. As herein shown, it is made up into sections, each of which is bent back upon itself to form a loop, and a wire '7 passes through said loop and then through one of the openings 5 in the part 2 and then across the top of said part down through another opening and through another loop, etc, through all the loops, thereby fastening the flexible parts to the part 2. The portions of the flexible part pass through the holes 6 in the piece 3. The inclined ends 4 of the part 2 also permit a spread of the flexible material at the ends as illustrated without waste space.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918.

Serial No. 774,735.

The part 2 has preferably formed integral therewith on each side the separated lugs 8. A removable handle is connected to the part 2. As herein shown, this handle consists of the pieces 9 which fit on each side of the piece 2 and between the lugs S and they have Lip-turned engaging ends 10 which engage the piece 3 and help to clamp the piece 3 to the piece 2. The two pieces 9 are clamped together by the thumb screws 11. A flexible piece 12 is located between the pieces 9 and is connected to a suitable rigid handle 13.

It will be seen that by means of this construction the handle can be removed from the frame, and since the frame is made out of metal, said frame can be shipped back to the factory and new flexible material cheaply and easily placed therein and the frame can then be again attached to the handle. By means of this construction the users of the device can have their broom easily and cheaply renewed at a much less expense than is necessary to secure a new broom, as the only thing to be renewed is the flexible material, the frame piece and the handle lasting indefinitely.

The holes 6 in the closing piece 3 are. preferably punched or formed so that they will be surrounded by projecting sleeves 14. In other words, the metal of the piece is formed into these sleeves, thus giving a comparatively long hearing at each opening so as to prevent the flexible material from, being cut or injured while the broom is being used.

It will be seen that in this construction the removable handle provided with parts which not only hold the handle to the frame, but have the additional function of holding the open bottom casing and closing piece of which the frame is made, together. It will thus be seen that these two portions of the frame cannot be separated while the handle is in position, and can only be separated when the handle is removed. the ends 4: of the open bottom casing inclined in opposite directions as shown, and by providing the closing piece 3 with overlapping portions which overlap these inclined ends, these overlapping portions may be bent so as to grasp the inclined ends to hold the two parts together before the handle is placed in position. This permits the frame and flexible portion to be stored separate from the handle if desired, thereby economizing space. While these over- By making lapping inclined ends are not sufficient to hold the two parts together under the strains coming upon them when the broom is in use, the handle itself being used to clamp and hold them together, where the handle clamping pieces only extend a short Way along the frame, these overlapping clamping end pieces also prevent relative movement between the open bottom casing 2 and the extreme ends of the closing piece 3, when the broom is in use.

I also prefer to provide the top of the open bottom casing 52 with grooves into which the wire 7 is received where 1t passes from one hole to the other (see Figs. 2, 3 and 4). These grooves prevent the wires from sticking up above the top face and the said inclined ends to assist in holding the two portions together at their ends.

2. A broom comprising a flexible portion, a frame therefor consisting of an open bottom casing and a separate closing portion, both of said portions provided with holes, the ends of the open bottom casing being inclined, said open bottom casing provided on each side with separated lugs, two handle pieces engaging the open bottom casing between said lugs and provided with projections which engage the closing piece, said handle pieces acting to bind the open bottom casing and the closing piece together and a handle connected with said handle pieces.

3. A broom comprising a flexible portion, a frame therefor consisting of an open bottom casing, a closing piece for closing said open bottom and a removable handle connected with said frame piece, said handle provided with pieces which project along the sides of said frame, the open bottom casing of said frame provided at each side with two projections between which said handle pieces are received, said projections locating the position of the handle and preventing lateral movement thereof.

4. A broom comprising a frame consisting of an open bottom casing, a flexible portion connected at the top of said open bottom casing andprojecting beyond the bottom thereof, a closing piece for closing the bottom of said open bottom casing and through which portions of said flexible portion project and a removable handle connected with said frame, saidremovable handle provided with engaging pieces which engage both the open bottom casing and the closing piece and act to clamp the open bottom casing and closing piece together.

5. A broom comprising a flexible portion, a frame consisting of an open bottom casing, a flexible portion connected to the top of said open bottom casing and projecting beyond the bottom thereof, a closing piece for clos ing said bottom and through which portions of said flexible portion project, and a removable handle connected with said frame piece, said removable handle provided with engaging pieces which engage both the open bottom casing and closing piece and act to clamp the open bottom casing and closing piece together, said open bottom casing provided with lugs integral therewith on each side of the point where the handle is connected thereto.

6. A broom comprising a flexible portion, a frame therefor made up of two parts, one

"an open bottom casing into which the upper ends of the flexible portion project, and to which they are fastened, and a separate closof June 1913.

HARRY G. HOMAN.

Witnesses:

DENm A. WALTERS, MINNIE M. LINDENAU.

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